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From Yorobam (Jeroboam) To Yarriba To Yoruba

First, I have read the account of Sultan Mohammed Bello credited for the earliest written account of the Yorubas (whom he called Yarriba), where he referred to them as coming from Canaanites and the kindred of Nimrod. My question therefore is this- are they Cananites or did they occupy the land of Canaan (Israelites)? To deal with this question, let me make some things clear. Based on extensive research of ancient historical records, DNA, etc. The Yoruba are ancient Isrealites and comprise of The Northern Kingdom (Ephraim) headed by Yarobam/ Jeroboam, and the southern Kingdom of Judah who were in captivity in Babylon (Ethiopia/South-sudan/Yemen), Judah in the Sahel who fled the destruction of Jerusalem (in Southern Africa) and also Judah who were expelled from Spain and Portugal in the late 1400s. Also worthy of note is the fact that the Sahel/Niger republic was the true region of Ancient Assyria. Remember, the Northern Kingdom of Israel was taken into captivity by Assyrians. So when t...